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May  nOlh,  1864.  j 

ri-l.-'.^S  ASD  SoTUIEKS  OF  EDdECOMI".  CoUNTY. 

oily  announce  myself  a  candidate  forthQofKcn 
►f^Eclcrcrofiib  county-  I  Imte  now  beon  in  the 
'f^arly  three  jear;^;  my  priLciples  »re  op]>(\<si- 
c  last  to  the  unprincipled  dema^rogncfj  who  by 
heir  vile,  misrepresentations  are  giving  aid  and  crvmfo't  to- 
the  worst  enemy  that  ever  wa^cd  war.  I  have  the  uTiqo3i; 
confidence  in  President  Davisiand  his  adminiBiration,  *be- 
licving  that  in  eome  things  hcimay  liave  erred,  wlii.e  in 
the  gre.^Mt  Rffair?  ho  has  proven  liimsell' sublimely  gra^it, 
.nit  t<^^^|Bvbck  know  mo  it  i"^  useless  to  ex|iress  my 
have  proven  whether  I  was  in  lavor 
m  or  llolden  and  slavery  to  the  worst 
realhed.  In  conclusion,  while  I  iael 
wu  deficioncicjs,  I  yet  pr^mitje  the  p«>- 
fore  wiiom  I  now  appear  t-oliciting 
f  elected,  iwill  serve  tiiern  with  diii- 

pcctfully, 
Your  obedient  servant, 

J.  1).  JENKINS, 
Lt.  Cc.  I  nth  N.  a  lrc^],». 


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